Other translations
American Standard Version
Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor, but open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.
Darby Bible Translation
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
God's Word
Do not love sleep or you will end up poor. Keep your eyes open, and you will have plenty to eat.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you'll have enough to eat."
International Standard Version
Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.
NET Bible
Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.
New American Standard Bible
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
New International Version
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.
New Living Translation
If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!
Webster's Bible Translation
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
The World English Bible
Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
EasyEnglish Bible
If you love to sleep too much, you will become poor. Keep awake so that you have food on the table!
Young‘s Literal Translation
Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied [with] bread.
New Life Version
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor. Open your eyes, and you will be filled with food.
The Voice Bible
Do not fall in love with sleep, or you will awake a poor person. Stay awake, get to work, and you will have more than enough food.
Living Bible
If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Stay awake, work hard, and there will be plenty to eat!
New Catholic Bible
Do not love sleep if you wish to avoid poverty; remain awake and you will never lack food.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Do not love sleep lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Christian Standard Bible
Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor; open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread.
New Century Version
If you love to sleep, you will be poor. If you stay awake, you will have plenty of food.
The Message
Don’t be too fond of sleep; you’ll end up in the poorhouse. Wake up and get up; then there’ll be food on the table.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor. Keep your eyes open, and you will have enough to eat.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Good News Translation®
If you spend your time sleeping, you will be poor. Keep busy and you will have plenty to eat.
Wycliffe Bible
Do not thou love sleep, lest neediness oppress thee; open thine eyes, and be thou [ful]filled with loaves.
Contemporary English Version
If you sleep all the time, you will starve; if you get up and work, you will have enough food.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Common English Bible © 2011
Don’t love sleep or you will be poor; stay alert and you will have plenty to eat.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Do not love [excessive] sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes [so that you can do your work] and you will be satisfied with bread.
English Standard Version Anglicised
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Do not love sleep lest you be reduced to poverty; keep your eyes open, have your fill of food.
New American Standard Bible
Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
The Expanded Bible
·If you love to sleep, you [L Do not love to sleep, or you] will be poor. ·If you stay awake [L Keep your eyes open, and], you will have plenty of food.
Tree of Life Version
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor. Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food.
Revised Standard Version
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
New International Reader's Version
Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor. Stay awake, and you will have more food than you need.
BRG Bible
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Complete Jewish Bible
If you love sleep, you will become poor; keep your eyes open, and you’ll have plenty of food.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Do not love sleep, or else you will come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Love not sheynah (sleep), lest thou come to poverty; open thine eynayim, and thou shalt have enough lechem.
Names of God Bible
Do not love sleep or you will end up poor. Keep your eyes open, and you will have plenty to eat.
Modern English Version
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with bread.
Easy-to-Read Version
If you love to sleep, you will become poor. Use your time working and you will have plenty to eat.
International Children’s Bible
If you love to sleep, you will be poor. If you stay awake, you will have plenty of food.
Lexham English Bible
Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes and have plenty bread.
New International Version - UK
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.